Former undisputed lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez took a 10-round split decision over Sandor Martin at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
In round two, Martin was cut in the bridge of the nose from a headbutt. Later in the round, Martin was able to score a knockdown when Lopez charged in and Martin landed a little right hook to the side of the head. In round four, Martin began to bleed from the nostrils. Martin was awkward, but Lopez had a better workrate and landed more punches as the punch stat statistics read 97 of 391 for Lopez, while Marin was 77 of 244.
The scorecards read 97-92 and 96-93 for Lopez. Martin won a card 95-94.
Lopez is now 18-1. Martin is 40-3.
Jared Anderson Takes Out Forrest in 2
Jared Anderson remained perfect with a second round destruction of Jerry Forrest in their 10-round heavyweight bout.
After Forrest landed a couple of power punches in round one, Anderson unleashed a blitz of vicious power shots that landed on the head of Forrest. Forrest did not go down, but that meant he ate more destructive punches in the second frame and finally referee David Fields mercifully ended the fight at 1:34 of round two.
Anderson of Toledo, OH is 13-0 with 13 knockouts. Forrest is 26-6-2.
Zayas Decisions Salazar
Xander Zayas remained undefeated with an eight-round unanimous decision over Alexis Salazar in a junior middleweight bout.
Zayas won by scores of 80-72 and 79-73 twice and is now 15-0. Salazar is 25-5.
Davis Decisions Burgos
Hot-prospect Keyshawn Davis won a eight-round unanimous decision over former three-time world title challenger Juan Carlos Burgos in a lightweight bout.
Davis won by scores of 80-72 on all cards and is now 7-0. Burgos of Tijuana, MEX is 35-7-3.
Joe Ward won an eight-round unanimous decision over Frederick Julan in a light heavyweight bout.
Ward of Moate, IRE won by scores of 79-73 twice and 78-74 and is now 8-1. Julan of Brooklyn, NY is 12-2.
Damian Knyba stopped Emilio Salas in round two of their six-round heavyweight bout.
The bout was stopped at 1:50 for Knyba who is now 10-0 with six knockouts. Salas is 10-4-1.
Tiger Johnson stopped Mike Ohan in round five of their eight-round junior welterweight bout.
Johnson hurt Ohan with a hard right hand and then unleashed 20 unanswered shots that forced referee Steve Willis to stop the bout at 1:29.
